
500 Days of Summer (2009) colour palette
Directed by Marc Webb · Shot by Eric Steelberg
- #312d2adark grey · 10.6%
- #d3cfc9light grey · 7.5%
- #463631deep red · 6.6%
- #534e4adark grey · 5.3%
- #251916deep red · 4.7%
- #a5998emid grey · 4.7%
500 Days of Summer (2009), shot by Eric Steelberg, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312d2a), covering 10.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.807 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.196 — more saturated than 23% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.453 — brighter than 79% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the 500 Days of Summer page →
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